Shawl-strap



(No Model.)

. W. F. HARVEY.

SHAWL STRAP.

No. 405,998. Patented June 25, 1889.

a e t'ortzua i mtpe ey' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM F. HARVEY, OF LEWISTON, MAINE.

SHAWL-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 405,998, dated June 25,1889.

Application filed November 30, 1888. Serial No. 292,358. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. HARVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shawl-Straps; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled int-he'art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shawl-straps. The practice of carrying goods ofall kinds by means of shawl-straps renders some convenient device forlegibly marking them very desirable to prevent loss.

The object of my invention is to provide a shawl-strap which. shall beprovided with convenient means for insertinga card containing the ownersname. To this end I provide a rigid bar of metal having attached theretostraps and a handle in the ordinary manner, and having one or morelongitudinal openings and projections formed on the under side of saidbar at the sides or ends of said opening, forming grooves for theadmission of a name-card.

I illustrate my invention by means of the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shawlstrap embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side of the bar. Fig. 3 is acentral longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a central transversesection.

I provide a flat bar A, preferably of castiron, nickel-plated, andhaving at each end a strap 0, riveted or otherwise secured to it, and ahandle B, also secured to it by rivets, as here shown. The centralportion of the bar is made wider than the ends, and in it are formed twolongitudinal openings, separating it into three bars a a a. At each endof these openings, on the under side, are formed, preferably by beingcast with it, a projection d, the lower portion of which extends overthe main portion in such a manner as to form a lateral groove or recess,adapted to receive the ends of the card b. At one side of the bar is asimilar projection d, and at the other side is a projection (1 having asquare shoulder to prevent the card from sliding laterally.

The operation of my device is evident. The card,having been marked withthe name and residence of the owner, so spaced as to show through theopenings, is slipped into the grooves formed by the projections d d dfrom the side having the projection d When in place, the edge will abutagainst the square shoulder of the projection (1 It will be seen that ashawl-strap of the above construction maybe cheaplymade and convenientlyfitted with a name-card,whereby danger of loss is obviated.

I claim As a new article of manufacture, a shawlstrap having a fiatmetal bar the central portion of which is widened and formed into threebars, and two longitudinal spaces between said bars, lips or flanges onthe under side of said central portion to retain a nameeard, and ahandle and binding-straps attached to said bar, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM F. HARVEY.

Witnesses:

L. LINN SMALL, CHAS. W. CHURCH.

